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Monthly Archives: July 2016

  • New restaurants, new ice cream and burger surprises lead this week’s most popular stories (Culture Map)

    July 28, 2016

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    Photo Courtesy of Culture Map

    By Clifford Pugh

    1. Houston Restaurant Weeks lineup revealed: 11 newcomers worth a try. HRW doesn’t being until August 1, but diners are already making their plans.

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    Posted By: HAR Category: Uncategorized Tags: Bay Area HARtbeat, Fort Bend HARtbeat, HARtbeat, Houston HARtbeat, Montgomery County HARtbeat
  • Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office Citizens Police Academy holding registration (Fort Bend Star)

    July 28, 2016

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    Photo Courtesy of The Fort Bend Star

    The Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office is accepting applications to attend the Citizens Police Academy this fall.

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    Posted By: HAR Category: Uncategorized Tags: Fort Bend HARtbeat, HARtbeat
  • Latino Voters Sue to Bolster Influence on Electing Judges (The Texas Tribune)

    July 28, 2016

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    Photo Courtesy of The Texas Tribune

    By Jim Malewitz

    The state’s most powerful courts don’t exactly resemble the population outside of their chambers.

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    Posted By: HAR Category: Uncategorized Tags: Bay Area HARtbeat, Fort Bend HARtbeat, HARtbeat, Houston HARtbeat, Montgomery County HARtbeat
  • Election fraud (Houston Chronicle)

    July 28, 2016

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    Photo Courtesy of Houston Chronicle

    The Texas state motto is friendship, and even across the political divide in our state Legislature, Texans should hope that everyone is acting in that sense of good faith.

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    Posted By: HAR Category: Uncategorized Tags: Bay Area HARtbeat, Fort Bend HARtbeat, HARtbeat, Houston HARtbeat, Montgomery County HARtbeat
  • Fort Bend Cares gifts 29 heroic nonprofits grants totaling $157,500 (Fort Bend Star)

    July 27, 2016

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    Photo Courtesy of Fort Bend Star

    Fort Bend Cares supporters celebrated the awarding of grants to 29 heroic nonprofits serving disadvantaged children in Fort Bend County on June 8 at Safari Texas Ranch.

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    Posted By: HAR Category: Uncategorized Tags: Fort Bend HARtbeat, HARtbeat
  • Texas vs. the Feds — A Look at the Lawsuits (The Texas Tribune)

    July 27, 2016

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    Photo Courtesy of The Texas Tribune

    By Neena Satija,Lindsay Carbonell and Ryan McCrimmon

    Since President Obama took office in 2009, the state of Texas has sued his administration at least 42 times, according to a Texas Tribune analysis of state data — a point of pride for the state’s Republican leaders.

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    Posted By: HAR Category: Uncategorized Tags: Bay Area HARtbeat, Fort Bend HARtbeat, HARtbeat, Houston HARtbeat, Montgomery County HARtbeat
  • Commissioners updated on dry conditions in Brazoria County (The Journal)

    July 27, 2016

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    Commissioners Court was updated Tuesday by the Office of Emergency Management and Brazoria County Fire Marshal on current drought and weather conditions. Although several areas within the County have received welcomed rainfall, a number of other factors are taken into consideration to determine drought conditions which could lead to a possible burn ban.

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    Posted By: HAR Category: Uncategorized Tags: Bay Area HARtbeat, HARtbeat
  • Charity race to benefit library, literacy (The Journal)

    July 27, 2016

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    The upcoming “Race 4 Charity” on Saturday, August 6 at MSR Houston will be raising awareness and funds for the Brazoria County Library System Foundation and the Adult Reading Center. MSR Houston Charities host the annual event and their charity races directly support local community charities in Brazoria and Harris counties that don’t receive national funding.

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    Posted By: HAR Category: Uncategorized Tags: Bay Area HARtbeat, HARtbeat
  • County Judge Doyal, with new attorney Hardin, pleads for reinstatement (The Villager)

    July 27, 2016

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    Photo Courtesy of The Villager

    By Catherine Dominguez

    In an emotional plea Tuesday, Montgomery County Judge Craig Doyal asked members of the State Commission on Judicial Conduct to reverse his suspension and let him return to the Commissioners Court bench.

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    Posted By: HAR Category: Uncategorized Tags: HARtbeat, Montgomery County HARtbeat
  • Heavy rain possible as thunderstorms rake Houston region (The Houston Chronicle)

    July 26, 2016

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    Photo Courtesy Houston Chronicle

    By Dale Lezon

    Strong thunderstorms are expected to rake the Houston area for the next few days, creating threats of flooded roads.

    The slow-moving storms are likely to begin hitting Tuesday morning, according to the National Weather Service.

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    Posted By: HAR Category: Uncategorized Tags: HARtbeat, Houston HARtbeat
  • Judge Orders Voter ID Fix for Texas House Runoff (The Texas Tribune)

    July 26, 2016

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    Photo Courtesy of The Texas Tribune

    By Jim Malewitz

    Voters in Bexar County will be the first to cast their ballots under relaxed regulations after a federal appeals court ruled that Texas’ strict voter identification law discriminated against minority voters.

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    Posted By: HAR Category: Uncategorized Tags: Bay Area HARtbeat, Fort Bend HARtbeat, HARtbeat, Houston HARtbeat, Montgomery County HARtbeat
  • Texas Bullet Train Opponents Hope to Block Project Next Year (The Texas Tribune)

    July 26, 2016

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    By Madlin Mekelburg

    The state Legislature could put up major road blocks next year for a private firm’s plans to build a high-speed rail project connecting Houston and Dallas now that a federal transportation board has decided the project falls under state jurisdiction.

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    Posted By: HAR Category: Uncategorized Tags: Bay Area HARtbeat, Fort Bend HARtbeat, HARtbeat, Houston HARtbeat, Montgomery County HARtbeat
  • ACC receives grant for industry training (The Journal)

    July 26, 2016

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    The Alvin Community College Continuing Education/Workforce Development Division received a $501,882 grant from the Texas Workforce Commission Skills Development Fund to provide industrial jobs training for Ascend Performance Materials employees.

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    Posted By: HAR Category: Uncategorized Tags: Bay Area HARtbeat, HARtbeat
  • Lone Star College awarded grant to help first time in college students succeed (The Villager)

    July 26, 2016

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    Lone Star College will partner with AmeriCorps Texas to build a mentoring program for first generation college students. The program will be developed through a three year grant of $353,000 per year from the OneStar Foundation Commission.

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    Posted By: HAR Category: Uncategorized Tags: HARtbeat, Montgomery County HARtbeat
  • This is what kind of home you can buy in Houston’s best school districts (Houston Chronicle)

    July 25, 2016

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    By Andrea Waguespack

    When it comes to buying a home, many factors are at play, such as square footage and price. And high up on that list is the school district the home resides in.

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    Posted By: HAR Category: Uncategorized Tags: Bay Area HARtbeat, Fort Bend HARtbeat, HARtbeat, Houston HARtbeat, Montgomery County HARtbeat
  • Applied Optoelectronics expands in Sugar Land (Fort Bend Star)

    July 25, 2016

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    Photo Courtesy of Fort Bend Star

    Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (AOI) is a leading, vertically integrated provider of fiber-optic networking products and technologies, founded in 1997 by President, Chairman and CEO Dr. Chih-Hsiang (Thompson) Lin.

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    Posted By: HAR Category: Uncategorized Tags: Fort Bend HARtbeat, HARtbeat
  • Open Carry, Funding Likely Police Issues Next Session (The Texas Tribune)

    July 25, 2016

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    Photo Courtesy of The Texas Tribune

    By Johnathan Silver

    Within hours of the recent ambush killings of five Dallas police officers — and again 10 days later, when three Baton Rouge officers were killed — messages of respect and support for law enforcement coursed through the nation’s social media, filled the airwaves and prompted countless press releases.

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    Posted By: HAR Category: Uncategorized Tags: Bay Area HARtbeat, Fort Bend HARtbeat, HARtbeat, Houston HARtbeat, Montgomery County HARtbeat

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